Eddie Jones says the Wallabies need to move past their obsession with the glory days of possession-based rugby in order to become 'junkies for winning'.
Eddie Jones says the Wallabies need to move past their obsession with the glory days of possession-based rugby in order to become ‘junkies for winning’.
The Wallabies head coach gave the clearest indication that he will be adopting a win-at-all-costs mentality and move Australia on from throwing the ball around against the likes of Ireland, France, New Zealand and South Africa, who have all achieved success by using kicking and defence to pressure their opposition.Jones said the pressure will be on for the Wallabies to use a smarter strategy in the Bledisloe Cup game against the All Blacks at the MGC in July.
“There’ll be a hundred thousand people there, right, and we kick the ball 70 times and we beat New Zealand, everybody is going to be happy,” Jones told an Australian schoolboys function in Sydney on Friday.“So we’ve got to be junkies for winning, not junkies for possession. Possessionis dead. It’s dead for the moment and it’s probably going to be dead for a long period of time.
“The game’s about being fast now. You’ve got 75% of tries being scored in three phases – 75%. So why would you keep the ball for 10 phases? “That’s just stupid to even think like that anymore, and unfortunately there’s that thinking still in
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